A perfect ending to a wonderful experience

Tonight was Sara's last basketball practice. Her coaches had a surprise pizza party for the kids and one parent ordered embroidered towels and a basketball cake to celebrate.

Sara is not the best kid on the team. In fact she is the worst. But all the players, the coaches, and the ref's make her feel like she is terrific. And tonight she made her very own basket. All of the kids (which are boys) cheered for her. It was great! You would have thought she won MVP! To me she did. She learned how to pass the ball. She even learned how to dribble. She has shown the most improvement in the past 10 weeks of all the kids.

Saturday is her last game and next Saturday evening they are holding a banquet for all of the kids to celebrate the end of the season. This has truly been a memorable experience that I am glad Sara participated in.

On another note, I had the perfect opportunity to share the gospel with someone today and I only hope I did it justice. One of my Clinical instructors has been talking to me about my hopes for the future, my beliefs, etc. It is unusual for someone to ask about church and beliefs...but I am in an area where prayer is still heard in the public school system. I also have a client who's family is a considered 'part-member' family and the child's mother is very much against the teachings of the church. That is how we got on the topic today. As we were talking she gathered that I was not born into the church and on the way back to my car we talked about my conversion to the gospel. I was very careful about my word choice so as not to offend her, but I feel like I was able to share my testimony in an nonthreatening way so as to teach her. I am very glad to have had the opportunity as it is rare and I am not the most open person when it comes to sharing my feelings. Anyway, I hope that by sharing my beliefs I may have planted a seed and possibly allow the gospel to grow in someone else's heart.